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What Jumping Frog said about the reliability of revolvers is true. When you have a malfunction with a revolver it generally takes a gunsmith or at least tools to resolve. Semi autos not so much.

My main issue with carry of a gun that I haven't fired is where it hits. I have fired a few brand new or friends guns that didn't hit where I was aiming. A quality brand of firearm is likely to function properly sometimes it won't shoot to POI. I prefer at least one hundred rounds through any gun before carrying.

Yes, I was issued a new rifle in Vietnam, and was on guard with it that night.

There are some things you can do to assure the gun will fire without firing it. The biggest problem is failure to fire because of a weak mainspring or a broken firing pin. The non bullet way to do this is with a pencil. Check the gun to be sure it's unloaded, then cock the gun and put a pencil eraser first into the barrel. Pointing the gun up pull the trigger if the pencil jumps the firing pin and spring are OK. Hand cycling a semi with DUMMY ammo will show you the gun feeds. These two steps will help establish some confidence in your gun. Shooting is important to rule out things that may only show up during actual firing.